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Plantation echoes

SAMBO’S RAIN PHILOSOPHY.

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Whut’s de use o’ raisin’ ’Bout de weddah, cain? Kase dey’s wid de sunshine Mixed in clouds an’ rain; Jes’ ez well be lafin’, ’Joicin’ in yo’ soul. Frettin’ an’ er stewin’ Makes yo’ gray an’ ol’. Mussen’ ’spec’ to allus Git things jes’ yo’ way. Keep yo’ eye kock’d open On er beddah day. Learn to ’cep’ de weddah Ez de Lawd control, In time will be shinin’ Sunshine bright an’ gold. Lawd am boun’ to sen’ de Changes now an’ den, Kaze He knows whut’s beddah Fo’ yo’ in de en’. Fus’ He sends de sunshine, Nex’ He sends de rain, To gibb life an’ viggah To de gol’en grain. It’s de rainy weddah, Buds de flowahs out, Makes de wattahmilluns An’ de ’tayters sprout; It’s de rainy weddah Makes de fahmahs shout; Drives erway de famine, Drives erway de drout.

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